New crystals from Irish company Waterford have joined over 2,000 sparkling triangles covering the ball that drops over New York's Times Square every year, days before the countdown to 2022
New crystals from Irish company Waterford have joined over 2,000 sparkling triangles covering the ball that drops over"We're here today replacing 192 of the Waterford crystal triangles on that ball behind me with a new design, 'the Gift of Wisdom,'" said Jeffrey Strauss, president of Countdown Entertainment, on Monday."It's represented by a wheel with these petals of knowledge growing ever forward.
For the second year in a row, New Year's Eve in Times Square will be scaled-back event, with organizers encouraging spectators to attend the virtual show. In-person attendance, usually about 60,000 before the pandemic, will be capped at 15,000 due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images"We're going to have more than a billion revelers around the world joining us on TV and on the internet celebrating," said Strauss.
Stars scheduled to perform at this year's celebration include KT Tunstall, LL Cool J, Journey and Chloe.
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